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Happy Friday! It’s about time for a #fridayintroduction 😊️ I’m Mia, one half of Wildflower Wedding Co. 👋🏼 Not only do I co-own Wildflower, I’m also a lifestyle and wedding photographer and the gal behind our stationery designs. I love being creative and bringing a vision to life. There’s nothing I love more than seeing the look on someone’s face when they’re happy with what I’ve created for them. It makes my heart burst and makes it all worth it. 😊️♥️
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Fun facts:
1. I’m a mom of two littles - Aria & Evangeline. Ari is almost 5 and Eva is 2.5. (I can’t believe I just typed out ‘almost 5’. 😳😭)
2. There’s a 99% chance I will tear up, if not full on cry, at least once during your wedding. I just love the beauty, happiness and emotion the day is full of.
3. Mia is actually my nickname, given to me by my two big brothers who couldn’t pronounce my actual name when we were little: Amelia. They’d say Mia instead and it stuck. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
#weddingsbywildfower#youbymia

I always suggest that couples carve out 15 min after the ceremony to just be alone and take a walk together (we me following at a distance, clicking away like a real creep). It may be the only time you’re alone together all day and it’s kind of nice to stop, compare notes and bask in the wild commitment you’ve just made. ✨

It has been extremely difficult to narrow down our favourite photos from last year’s weddings. To us it’s like choosing the cutest puppy from an adorable litter! It’s hard!!! But we managed to at least choose some (this is not an exhaustive list!) and here they are. Thank you to our beautiful couples for being so amazing and inviting us into their lives. We are forever grateful to them and to do what we do! (PS. Turn up the volume - it’s so much better. We promise!)

We took a week off of homeschooling the kiddos because I believe in rhythms and resting: 5 weeks on, 1 week off. I may call it Sabbath Week. I watched the Mr. Rogers documentary on Netflix and decided to add “hey, I like you” into our daily chat. Last week (the one before this one) wasn’t so great. Not great. This gave us a bit of redemption, connection, peace and reminded us of the joy in being together. And there’s our little home school update for your Friday.

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Happy Friday friends! I wanted to talk a little bit about creating a wedding that is unique to you. So often I am asked “well what do other couples do?” when I am meeting with couples to talk about details and I am always so hesitant to answer that question! Not because I don’t want to help them out, but I want to make sure the choices that they are making are not just because they think that’s what they are supposed to do! Your wedding and the events surrounding it should be unique to you as a couple and what you value in your relationship! I hear so often that wedding planning is overwhelming because everyone wants to throw in their two cents of how they think things should go, so my advice to planning a wedding that you aren’t going look back and have regrets about? Go with your gut and don’t be shy about doing things differently than the norm. You only get to do this day once so make it something you will absolutely love! 🤗

As I truly try to find a photo of myself that I love to fit this instagram grid, I threw back Thursday to this day, my final wedding dress fitting. I walked in there heartbroken being alone, having lost my mother a few years ago this was the big moment. This was it a week prior to leaving for our destination wedding. .
To the new followers my name is Raluca. I am a hopeless romantic and have been in love with weddings ever since I can remember. I am a girly girl, I will make sure you have a moment to yourself on your wedding day to relax and take it all in. I will make sure you know I put you first above anyone else because that is the kind of friend I am. Cheers to the moments you feel most beautiful, even if it’s a mirror selfie! #selfie#weddingphotographer#torontoweddingphotographer#yorkregionweddingphotographer#truth#familyloss#missmymom#weddingday#dressfitting#mirrorselfies#selflove

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my first wedding of this year was such a classic & beautiful one. working on these edits over the next couple of weeks and am really in love with how warm and comforting they feel; the space they got ready in together was filled to with so much art, love, music, family stories and warmth, right into an intimate dinner at a beautiful little restaurant in the heart of the city. alex + nathan, I am forever grateful for you including me in your lives for this brief but ever lasting moment of them; I had a wicked time with you & your families! ✨ •••
@wildnorthflowers worked her always magic; go check Jen & her incredible team out if you’re a couple looking for wedding flowers! their work is out of this world and they are the sweetest!
@thesassafraz hosted all of their family & friends to an amazing dinner and took the best care of us all!

Reception vibes. ⠀
Time to have a drink and breath. ⠀
I wanted to share some tips for you guys during your reception! Some things I’ve come to learn and how I would go about doing something’s differently. From a photogs perspective. ⠀
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1) if you have a huge bouquet try not to place it directly in front of your face at the head table, just a bit to the side because it’s the worst when no one can see you guys especially when there’s laughs, tears and so many emotions! ⠀
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2) When your sitting at the head table plleeeaasse slide your chairs closer together- I want to document the two of you close not far apart especially during speeches. ⠀
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3)the dances! Pllleeaassee try not to talk during all of the dances. I find a lot of Grooms and moms will talk the entire dance and it makes it so hard to capture a shot without both of your mouths open in mid convo. So you can talk a bit but try not to talk the whole time, just enjoy the dance with few words. ⠀
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4) this ones for the bridal party-if your standing in a wedding remember you will be documented. During speeches be involved, listen and smile! Especially if your sitting right beside the bride and groom! No body wants a bridal party who looks bored! ⠀
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5) lastly, just embrace every second-everyone in the room is there for the two of you, celebrating you and with you so have a freaking blast- oh and I love a good ol feeding each other a piece of cake to haha so adorable! ⠀
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